North by South : New and Selected Poems

"This volume of selected poems by John Davies draws from his previous five collections. Adroit in a wide variety of styles and forms, Davies produces telling satire alongside the perceptively delicate and observational, confirming the breadth of his poetic vision. Davies has lived in Utah, Michigan, and Washington state, and the tension between rootedness and movement, between belonging and the cosmopolitan, is a theme that runs throughout his work. Nature and humankind's relationship with it plays a significant role."

This new book offers a choice selection from John Davies' substantial body of work. From the slate quarries of north Wales to the steelworks town of his youth in south Wales to the dirt roads of the American West, the poet's travels through rough landscapes and his meetings with the characters who inhabit them inspire witty, occasionally satirical and often piercing meditations. What is striking here too is the adventurous use of various poetic forms, from a floating free verse to a tightly rhymed pentameter stanza. The finely chiselled and crisp style of his language hints at his other vocation of wood carver.

General

ISBN		9781854113252
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd
Pages		160
List Price		$14.95
Author		Davies, John
Publication Date		04/01/2003
Release Status		In Print
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 8.5 Inches (US) Width: 5.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 0.45 Pounds (US)